scholarly journals What is an Academic Journal? Problems Associated with the Transition to Electronic Publishing

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-35
Author(s):  
Beate Elvebakk
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Electronic Journal ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
University Library ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Resources

The article is based on interviews with the subject specialists employed at the University Library in Oslo in 2005, and describes the discussion surrounding the introduction of an “e-only” policy for academic journals, and the opposition it met, especially among the subject specialists from the humanities. It deals with the perceived problems in this early stage of the new publishing paradigm in the academe, and describes the worries of the librarians in the form of a set of stories about breakdowns, malfunctions and absences. The article concludes that although the electronic journal may seem not to have radically changed academic journals, a more inclusive approach to technology in use reveals that our ways of relating to the journals have changes significantly, and that we may not be aware of all the consequences that follow from this. Especially, this relates to how academic resources is being used, and consequences for the research that is being produced.

Accessibility of Internet Based Electronic Resources: A Content Analysis of Public and Private University Library Websites in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Shamima Yesmin .
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Private University ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
University Library ◽  
Library Websites ◽  
The University

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the websites of university libraries to ascertain that libraries are effectively utilizing their respective websites to provide easy access to all electronic resources available in the library. The objective was also to a represent a comparative analysis between public and private university library websites regarding the presence of electronic resources with their easy access via the internet. For the purpose of this study, a research instrument in the form of comprehensive checklist of eighteen e-resources was developed to evaluate their accessibility in the websites of public and private university libraries. Twenty university library websites, comprised of ten top-ranked public and ten top-ranked private universities in Bangladesh, were studied for data collection using content analysis method. The findings demonstrate that the presence of e-resources on selected university library websites is still in its early stage, but it has been growing rapidly. The private university library websites are ahead of public university libraries in terms of the integration of web-resources. It is hoped that the findings of this paper will serve to assist the University librarians and other similar institutions in choosing, selecting and acquiring the most appropriate format of information resources, and making these available to their websites, which will both satisfy the needs of their library users and fit within their library budget.

THE SUBJECT-APPROACH IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Libri ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. MacCallum Walker
Keyword(s):  
University Library ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

Mortality of Europeans in British West and British East Africa

1927 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Raynes
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Finite Differences ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Sir Isaac Newton ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
Good Fortune ◽  
University Library ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

In two previous papers (vol. li, p. 77 and p. 211) an account has been given, of the published work of Newton on the subject of Interpolation by means of formulas of Finite Differences, and references have been made to the important letter which Newton sent on 24 October 1676, to Oldenburg, the Secretary of the Royal Society, with the intention that it should be communicated to Leibnitz. The second paper closed with a quotation from this letter, in which Newton mentions “a method [for the “construction of tables by interpolation] which I had almost “decided to describe here for the use of computers.” It has been my good fortune to discover that Newton had prepared an account of his method for inclusion in the letter and that the draft is preserved in the University Library at Cambridge among the Portsmouth Collection of Books and Papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton. By the freely granted permission of the Syndicate of the Library, I am able to give a reproduction and transcription of the manuscript, and I have added a translation.

scholarly journals Psycho-Semantic Analysis of Students Perceptions of Library Services

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulnara Turganova
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Library Service ◽  
University Library ◽  
Organizational Activity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

The article is devoted to the problem of studying students ' perceptions of the «library service» using the psychosemantic method. The subject of the study is the semantics of students' perceptions of the university library services. As part of the study, the investigation develops a specialized semantic differential which becomes the basis for the respondents evaluation of the concept "library service". The author carries out a qualitative analysis of the results gained and develops a number of recommendations for introduction to the university library activity. The data obtained during the investigation can be used in organizational activity of the university library in correcting existing services and products in regard to client-biased work in order to increase the students demand for this type of service. In his context, there arises an affect of the level of the users consumption and loyalty through the shaping perception of the library itself in the process of development and introduction of new library services on the basis of the higher educational institution.

scholarly journals The data explosion – a huge challenge and a gigantic opportunity

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Louise Fotland ◽  
Live Håndlykken Kvale
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
National Level ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Academic Administration ◽  
University Library ◽  
Information Technology Services ◽  
Norwegian Research Council ◽  
The University

In order to meet requirements from research funders, the Director at the University of Oslo requested a working group to map existing use of sharing and storing services for research data and needs for the future. Based on the findings the group made following four focus areas for future work:We need to see the entire data management cycle in context; from research data generated, retrieved and reused by others.We must think globally and not nationally. The solutions we create must meet the needs of researchers in other countries.We cannot solve all the problems at the University, but we must ensure that the issues be addressed through collaboration with other national players.We must always aim to develop systems that allow individual researchers see greater benefits than disadvantages to archive and share their own research data, and leveraging existing research data. A system founded on more regulations and audit follow-up is unlikely to work.We will present the process and the involvement of different stakeholders in the research support services at UiO: Center for Information Technology Services, Department of Academic Administration and the University Library. The involvement of different stakeholders proved to be valuable in order to focus on different aspects of the topic, including technical, administrational and retrieval as key focus areas of the different participants. As leader of the group Dean of Research of the Mathematical and natural science faulty, Svein Stølen has involved both Ministry of Knowledge and The Norwegian Research Council to get feedback at an early stage. Several of the issues would preferably be solved at a national level such as:National archives for research dataIdentifiersPrivacyCopyrightRetrievalRewardA draft for a policy on research data sharing is included in the report part of the report. The aim is to get an approval by the University Board to make it mandatory:To write a data management planShare research dataCreate metadata for both retrieval and understanding of the data shared.Further it is proposed to establish a pilot for research data management support focusing on the following areas:Data management for project leadersModules as part of the courses delivered by the University library in discovery and citing of research dataCoursing internally and externally for enhancement of skills of instructors on different levels.

Palaeolithic Spear-Throwers

1956 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy A. E. Garrod
Keyword(s):  
First Person ◽  
General Survey ◽  
University Library ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

In plate B XIX–XX of Reliquiae Aquitanicae (Lartet & Christy, 1875), a sculptured reindeer antler from Laugerie-Basse was figured with the description, ‘a long, slightly curved Harpoon-head’. Many years later Emile Carthailac found among Lartet's papers in the University Library at Toulouse a letter from a correspondent in Ireland suggesting that the object in question might be a hooked spear-thrower of a type well-known in Australia. Unfortunately the sheet with the writer's signature was missing, so the first person to identify the spear-thrower as a Palaeolithic weapon must remain anonymous (Carthailac, 1903). Since then many more have been found; in 1907 Breuil listed 38 throwers or fragments from various Magdalenian sites (Carthailac and Breuil, 1907), and it is possible now to bring the number up to 66. Of these two, possibly three, are complete, and six are complete in so far as the part made of antler is concerned, but were certainly meant to be lengthened by insertion in a handle, probably of wood. The rest are more or less fragmentary, but in 39 the hook is preserved, and the rest can be identified by comparison with more complete specimens.The subject of these weapons has been treated at various times by Adrien de Mortillet (1891), Carthailac (1903), Breuil (with Carthailac, 1907: with Lantier, 1951), Begouen (1912), Renaud (1925), Montandon (1934). More recently Guyan (1944) has studied the collection from Kesslerloch in relation to the rest. In addition, individual specimens have been described by their discoverers. Nevertheless, there is room for a more detailed general survey of the whole range now available.

scholarly journals The development of high impact national and regional journals in medicine and the health sciences

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
David A. Rew
Keyword(s):  
Feedback System ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Content Selection ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Global Publishing

The international academic journal publishing landscape is complex and in continuous flux. Many Russian editors and publishers wish to bring their journals into the global mainstream and to develop internationally competitive profiles for their work. Bibliometric citation systems are one means by which the quality of journals, of articles and researchers, can be assessed, referenced and compared. Scopus and the Web of Science are two major and respected quality assurance systems for global publishing, within which many academic journals seek formal listings. These listings help develop a wider international profi for any journal. They also provide valuable data through which journals can benchmark their performance against all other journals in any subject fi In turn, this information helps to stimulate competition and quality improvement across the entire academic journal ecosystem. Scopus provides a transparent and continually evolving evaluation and feedback system for journals seeking a listing and those journals that have already been listed within Scopus. An application for a Scopus listing is a process through which a journal is evaluated by several quantitative and qualitative criteria against global benchmarks. A successful listing can sometimes require a series of strategic insights and developments by editors and publishers over several years. In this article, Dr David Rew, a practising clinician and the Subject Chair for Medicine to the Scopus Content Selection Advisory Board since 2009, distils the experience of evaluation of more than 2000 Medical and Health Sciences journals to guide as to what features and strategies give academic journals a better chance of long term success in the competitive world of global academic publishing.

MANAGEMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF STUDENT’S LEARNING BASED ON THE MARKOV MODEL

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
M. V. Noskov ◽  
M. V. Somova ◽  
I. M. Fedotova
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Markov Process ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Automated Information System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Near Future

The article proposes a model for forecasting the success of student’s learning. The model is a Markov process with continuous time, such as the process of “death and reproduction”. As the parameters of the process, the intensities of the processes of obtaining and assimilating information are offered, and the intensity of the process of assimilating information takes into account the attitude of the student to the subject being studied. As a result of applying the model, it is possible for each student to determine the probability of a given formation of ownership of the material being studied in the near future. Thus, in the presence of an automated information system of the university, the implementation of the model is an element of the decision support system by all participants in the educational process. The examples given in the article are the results of an experiment conducted at the Institute of Space and Information Technologies of Siberian Federal University under conditions of blended learning, that is, under conditions when classroom work is accompanied by independent work with electronic resources.

A Quantitative Assessment of the Need for Offering Counselling Services to Medical Students attending University of Zambia, School of Medicine.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Gretchen Slover
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Background: This research was birthed in 2017 during a trip to Lusaka, Zambia, with the purpose of offering fourth-year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine, lectures on psychology topics as part of their clinical studies.  Students were also offered brief therapy sessions where they could process thoughts and feelings causing them internal struggles.  The subject of offering counseling on a regular basis was randomly discussed with the students.  From these discussions the need for this research became evident, with the intent of becoming the launching pad to brainstorm the most effective ways of developing a plan to offer counseling services for all medical students attending the University of Zambia School of Medicine. Methods: An-experimental research design, consisting of completion of a 12-item questionnaire administered by paper and pen. The inclusion criteria were the fourth year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine. Results:  The student responses revealed that most of them had little to no experience with counseling services, but a strong desire for them. Discussion: The goal of this study was to simply establish a need for an on-campus counseling service, the need of which has been established by the very students who would benefit.  With the acceptance of this need, the future plan is to explore the different ways in which this need can be fulfilled with minimal costs to the Medical School Program. Conclusion:  This study is the first step towards identifying the needs of the medical students and sets the ground-work for further research into the specific areas of need and mental health challenges.  More specificity in the area of demographics of students will produce a more comprehensive picture of the areas of concentration for the therapists offering services.

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